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Perfectly doable, but you'll probably curse the day you started it. Your method is just fine, but remember to set your outer ring on mortar to retain the rest and allow for approx 2" of sand within the outer ring plus the depth of the setts. You'll need a Wacka plate and a block splitter/saw/angle grinder with diamond blade to cut down the setts that inevitably refuse to fit. No matter how hard you try, the calculations of number of rings of setts plus kiln dried sand between them won't exactly fit the outer ring. Here's one I did of various reclaimed bricks of different shapes and sizes we dug out of the garden whilst excavating a new formal patio. It was an absolute sod, but less complex than your design. Enjoy!
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Would I be bonkers
Just as some sort of mental preparation before actually laying that in stone I'd try to draw this on a sheet of paper.
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I'm looking forward to seeing this (or similar) progress.
Our sidepath (#noatagarden) needs something done to it, and I'll be extending it to the (whenever it is completed) garden office.
I had thought bout Belgian setts, but sandstone setts would be probably better with the (rather rubbish) york-stone-ish patio out the back.
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Would I be bonkers to try and achieve something like this kind of layout with square sandstone setts? @Colin_the_Bald have you ever done anything like this? Would be on to a concrete base and then an aggregate sub-base down the side of the house where the path runs over drains etc. My garden is about 12x4m and I'm aiming to break up the rectangular shape a bit
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